Top 10 reasons Boston Red Sox fans should be excited for the 2013 season

Monday, October 01, 2012 12:18 PM

We've been down this road before, and so it is not outrageous to suggest that 2013 could be a monster year for Jacoby Ellsbury if he stays healthy.

Ellsbury missed nearly the entire 2010 season with a rib injury. Though this year has not been the total washout 2010 was, Ellsbury's shoulder injury caused him to miss significant time. Even as the season winds down, Ellsbury is once again on the shelf nursing what is believed to be a minor shoulder problem.

Ellsbury followed his lost 2010 season with one of the best all around offensive seasons in recent memory.

With Ellsbury approaching free agency and the age of 30, there is little reason to doubt that Ellsbury could put together another memorable offensive season in 2013--again, as long as he stays healthy.